Security News > 2021 > February > Google Paid Out $6.7 Million in Bug Bounty Rewards in 2020
Google this week said it paid out more than $6.7 million in rewards as part of its bug bounty programs in 2020.
The total amount of bug bounty rewards increased only slightly compared to 2019, when the Internet search giant paid just over $6.5 million.
Last year, Google paid out $1.74 million in rewards as part of the Android VRP. A total of 13 working exploit submissions were received in 2020, resulting in $1 million in exploit reward payouts.
In 2020, the Internet search company also paid $50,000 in rewards for flaws in Android 11 developer preview and launched bounty programs for Android Auto OS, Android chipsets, and for writing fuzzers for Android code.
Following an increase in rewards for Chrome vulnerabilities, Google paid out 83% more than in 2019 as part of the Chrome VRP, for a total of $2.1 million across 300 bugs.
Google paid more than $270,000 to the Android researchers who submitted reports as part of the Google Play Security Rewards Program and Developer Data Protection Reward Program in 2020.